WordArc: elkwords's Articleshttp://www.wordarc.com/rss/elkwordsRSS Feed for WordArc: elkwords's Articlesen-usSun, 02 August 2015 10:23:12 GMTSun, 02 August 2015 10:23:12 GMTWordArc RSS 2.0 GeneratorWordArc@wordarc.comWordArc@wordarc.comPublic (dis)satisfactionhttp://www.wordarc.com/elkwords/2012/05/08/Public_%28dis%29satisfactionYou see me sit here, my pen hovering over a notebook.
It's like watching me wash my privates in the shop window.
I say it like that because it makes us both more uncomfortable.
It would be better if I just said cunt.
But here I am writing i... Continue Reading at: http://www.wordarc.com/elkwords/2012/05/08/Public_%28dis%29satisfaction2012-05-08 20:10:56http://www.wordarc.com/elkwords/2012/05/08/Public_%28dis%29satisfactionLong Sleephttp://www.wordarc.com/elkwords/2012/05/08/Long_SleepFrom working on the oil rigs
my father could fall into sleep -
straight to the bottom -
in a moment.
Pulling him out was like waking the dead,
and asking to join them. Continue Reading at: http://www.wordarc.com/elkwords/2012/05/08/Long_Sleep2012-05-08 20:09:29http://www.wordarc.com/elkwords/2012/05/08/Long_SleepYou Summon Dawn at the Mouth of the Cavehttp://www.wordarc.com/elkwords/2012/05/08/You_Summon_Dawn_at_the_Mouth_of_the_CaveThere are words scrambling out of your mouth
so fast, crawling over each other to come out
like a swarm of dazzling spiders or glowing bats
flooding the night with phosphorescence.
You are purging the dark places you've kept memories, too s... Continue Reading at: http://www.wordarc.com/elkwords/2012/05/08/You_Summon_Dawn_at_the_Mouth_of_the_Cave2012-05-08 20:08:47http://www.wordarc.com/elkwords/2012/05/08/You_Summon_Dawn_at_the_Mouth_of_the_CaveThreatening to Openhttp://www.wordarc.com/elkwords/2012/05/08/Threatening_to_OpenWe rode out on a cool day that threatened the bursting of spring
to that bar of sand that juts itself out from Vancouver
like an elbow boldly thrust into the open ocean.
There the sand is flat and rippled, a steely violet sheet
of cold wet... Continue Reading at: http://www.wordarc.com/elkwords/2012/05/08/Threatening_to_Open2012-05-08 20:07:29http://www.wordarc.com/elkwords/2012/05/08/Threatening_to_OpenA Bicycle Poemhttp://www.wordarc.com/elkwords/2012/03/07/A_Bicycle_Poempiston push piston push
up draw up draw
piston
push bundle buttocks
heavy thigh ball
of foot
knees straight down,
weight through ground.
And so straight lines
make three circles
and I rush to meet the horizon. Continue Reading at: http://www.wordarc.com/elkwords/2012/03/07/A_Bicycle_Poem2012-03-07 22:16:50http://www.wordarc.com/elkwords/2012/03/07/A_Bicycle_PoemOde to the Period Boobhttp://www.wordarc.com/elkwords/2012/03/07/Ode_to_the_Period_BoobOnce a month my breast hangs heavy.
A pendulous dew drop,
a plop of blood just waiting to fall.
A sodden meat packing pad whose heft
is always surprising. Continue Reading at: http://www.wordarc.com/elkwords/2012/03/07/Ode_to_the_Period_Boob2012-03-07 22:13:30http://www.wordarc.com/elkwords/2012/03/07/Ode_to_the_Period_BoobOn/Offhttp://www.wordarc.com/elkwords/2012/03/07/On%7C%5C%7COffFalse dusk repeats
in time
with downpour. Continue Reading at: http://www.wordarc.com/elkwords/2012/03/07/On%7C%5C%7COff2012-03-07 22:12:08http://www.wordarc.com/elkwords/2012/03/07/On%7C%5C%7COffCountinghttp://www.wordarc.com/elkwords/2012/03/07/Countingtwo fingers wore two rings
and a third wore a fifth Continue Reading at: http://www.wordarc.com/elkwords/2012/03/07/Counting2012-03-07 22:11:24http://www.wordarc.com/elkwords/2012/03/07/CountingGoddess on a Motorbikehttp://www.wordarc.com/elkwords/2012/03/07/Goddess_on_a_MotorbikeShe has a face like
every Barbie Doll and Disney
Princess but she rides that thing
like the Terminator himself. Continue Reading at: http://www.wordarc.com/elkwords/2012/03/07/Goddess_on_a_Motorbike2012-03-07 22:10:39http://www.wordarc.com/elkwords/2012/03/07/Goddess_on_a_MotorbikeFoggy Morning, Vancouver, 2012http://www.wordarc.com/elkwords/2012/03/07/Foggy_Morning%2C_Vancouver%2C_2012The New Year rolls through
Pender and Gore.
Lines of patient Chinese
in the drizzle
to buy their celebratory
BBQ.
I remark their quiet cheer;
The Dragon swims in. Continue Reading at: http://www.wordarc.com/elkwords/2012/03/07/Foggy_Morning%2C_Vancouver%2C_20122012-03-07 22:09:11http://www.wordarc.com/elkwords/2012/03/07/Foggy_Morning%2C_Vancouver%2C_2012